tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post5619132247997383241..comments2024-03-25T10:03:00.731-07:00Comments on Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries: Hats Off! The History of Cowboy Hat EtiquetteBob Boze Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884865420067145231noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-18919808013817874442017-05-10T13:09:55.429-07:002017-05-10T13:09:55.429-07:00Cowboy church is an oxymoronCowboy church is an oxymoronRoy Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-80310693616191883072017-04-05T11:56:09.287-07:002017-04-05T11:56:09.287-07:00I was raised many miles north of New Mexico but be...I was raised many miles north of New Mexico but believe every word you say is true. It was almost an unwritten law of the land. Hardly anyone needed to be told and hardly anyone asked a question like "what do I do now"? The folks you grew up with " were my kind of people"! Thanks for your comments, Bill Dunn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-32701596714609675252017-04-04T21:42:49.179-07:002017-04-04T21:42:49.179-07:00PS, I live in Pie Town now!!PS, I live in Pie Town now!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-8609648715289153952017-04-04T21:42:23.415-07:002017-04-04T21:42:23.415-07:00Bob, This is Dan Coleman, Glenn Boyers son, I hop...Bob, This is Dan Coleman, Glenn Boyers son, I hope you are well. There are a few simple rules on hats<br /><br />1) No hats indoors<br />2) tip the hat to the ladies and remove on a greeting<br />3) always off for the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge<br />4) A bar is NOT Indoors under this rule. A cowboy can wear his hat in a saloon or dance hall as a fashion piece, not as a hat. However Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-76983255187751994052017-04-04T11:07:20.644-07:002017-04-04T11:07:20.644-07:00I did not grow up with cowboys, but was taught by ...I did not grow up with cowboys, but was taught by my dad, that hats come off in the house and are never set on the table. Makes me so mad when I see young and old alike and never take there hats off, they should know better<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-89970627419832582112017-04-04T10:36:08.983-07:002017-04-04T10:36:08.983-07:00U.S. soldiers are required to remove headgear when...U.S. soldiers are required to remove headgear when entering any building, unless "under arms." This habit has stuck with me for 30 years after my discharge. Also, if anyone lays his hat on a table in the officers' club, he buys a round.Paul Timmermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-6985449322137949462017-04-04T05:26:51.707-07:002017-04-04T05:26:51.707-07:00I was raised on a Ranch in central New Mexico. I h...I was raised on a Ranch in central New Mexico. I have worn a cowboy hat all my life. This is what I was taught by the older cowboys I grew up around and of course my Dad.<br />1. You walk into someone's house and their wife or daughters are present that hat better come off.<br />2. No hats worn in Church.<br />3. You greet a lady you better tip that hat.<br />4. Never eat with your hat on runnelriley @gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684118903954162044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-17535658043603187662017-04-03T23:17:19.281-07:002017-04-03T23:17:19.281-07:00I've read some hat etiquette that says you sho...I've read some hat etiquette that says you should remove your hat when you go in to a room that is not counted as a common room. I would guess the Saloons would be common rooms, just like the waiting area at a hospital or an office building. But when you get in to an office or someones private house you take it off. And you also take it off as a sign of respect, like in churches and in court.Erik Gulbrandsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08643110564640926950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-14113716262332732332017-04-03T23:08:59.758-07:002017-04-03T23:08:59.758-07:00In the working SW with the "dust up" mos...In the working SW with the "dust up" most (cowboys and cowgirls) (call a true cowgirl a cow woman at your own risk) will take their hats off before entering a house to smack the dirt off it and themselves. Bring the range in with you at my Grandmother's and you turn into a house cleaner real fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-78924306394016707822017-04-03T22:35:23.141-07:002017-04-03T22:35:23.141-07:00I witnessed a street fight between two cowboys in ...I witnessed a street fight between two cowboys in Gallup, New Mexico in the early 1960's. What brought it on? When one of them offended the other by flipping at his hat, knocking it off into the street. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-56968736362844596532017-04-03T21:29:45.394-07:002017-04-03T21:29:45.394-07:00When I was a teenager in southeastern Oklahoma, ta...When I was a teenager in southeastern Oklahoma, ta boy came by the house to pick me up for a date. I will never forget the black cowboy hat he was wearing. My Dad, a cowboy himself, said, "Son, don't you want to take your hat off?" "No, sir." Daddy repeated his question and got the same clueless response. I was advised that I should never let that boy take me out Nancy Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743065197661645523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-19631787176725518652017-04-03T20:51:54.205-07:002017-04-03T20:51:54.205-07:00Reading that makes me miss those days of proper ma...Reading that makes me miss those days of proper manners. I like having the man open the door for me, take off his hat when he greets me, and in proper places, Church, at home, etc.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793481101699418102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-61728753056260903432017-04-03T19:49:10.112-07:002017-04-03T19:49:10.112-07:00All one really has to do is look at some of the &q...All one really has to do is look at some of the "early" silent westerns in which many of the players were all former cowboys such as William S. Hart. (Remember even Wyatt Earp was a consultant on many early western picture). <br />Men always removed their hats in church. They tipped their hats when passing a woman on the streets and most would remove them when being introduced or Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275985385268751800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-6168178464156410882017-04-03T19:15:29.763-07:002017-04-03T19:15:29.763-07:00Ben Green was an old-time cowboy and horse trader ...Ben Green was an old-time cowboy and horse trader from Texas. He wrote a couple books entitled HORSE TRADIN' and SOME MORE HORSE TRADIN'. He mentioned that when entering a café, it was considered okay to wear your hat if you sat at the counter on a stool, but if you sat at a table you should remove your hat.<br />Steve Morelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426488524056200666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-86621924548133065632017-04-03T17:58:38.573-07:002017-04-03T17:58:38.573-07:00Having grown up with cowboys, some of them having ...Having grown up with cowboys, some of them having been born before 1900 including my Grandpa, and having worn one myself most of my younger years. There is one thing I will elaborate on Restaurants. When seated at a table, the hat comes off just as it would at your mother's table at home. When seated at a counter or bar, the hat stays on.Dana Teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-26516553526814624622017-04-03T17:00:13.596-07:002017-04-03T17:00:13.596-07:00You don't wear a hat in church. PERIOD.You don't wear a hat in church. PERIOD.Henry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881367031239433384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-55337324135511401962017-04-03T16:54:47.768-07:002017-04-03T16:54:47.768-07:00I was always taught to remove my hat when I entere...I was always taught to remove my hat when I entered a building. As an aside, Coach Bum Phillips never wore his hat inside a covered stadium. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633533400675443248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-40385119500642651852017-04-03T16:49:26.225-07:002017-04-03T16:49:26.225-07:00My Dad always told my brothers and I to remove ou...My Dad always told my brothers and I to remove our hats in the house,or he'd remove them for us. And some of our head might go with it. Didn't take but one lesson for me and the brother a little younger than ne. The youngest brother it took a long line of regular lessons for him though.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-60312012150038094702017-04-03T16:23:09.044-07:002017-04-03T16:23:09.044-07:00Very interesting and enlightening.Very interesting and enlightening.Tony.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-19643561543463012762017-04-03T15:36:37.907-07:002017-04-03T15:36:37.907-07:00Hats are worn in Cowboy Church but are removed dur...Hats are worn in Cowboy Church but are removed during prayer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-73235105683338163052017-04-02T21:28:38.522-07:002017-04-02T21:28:38.522-07:00As a kid growing up on cowoutfits in Yavapai Count...As a kid growing up on cowoutfits in Yavapai County in the early 50s, there was a "hat etiquette "<br />At the K4 where my dad had a camp there were a couple single cowboys who lived in the bunk house and ate with us. It was always yes man and no man, they would remove their hat when they entered the house and stood behind their chair until my mother sat down. If she got up to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-35519294657439617712017-04-02T17:29:53.984-07:002017-04-02T17:29:53.984-07:00I'm with Julie.I'm with Julie.Tanstaaflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123005805670178740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690176.post-50681765631163126092017-04-02T17:06:06.183-07:002017-04-02T17:06:06.183-07:00I suspect men in the old West kept their hats on a...I suspect men in the old West kept their hats on anywhere they could not otherwise keep immediate control of them, because good hats have always been rather expensive, yet were absolutely essential to men who always traveled exposed to the weather on horseback or wagon seat, and often worked outdoors as well. Similarly, I suspect many men wore guns, even in places they might have preferred not toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com